Washing-machine



(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1. R. N. SGHERER.

. WASHING MACHINE. y No. 584,563. Patented June 15,1897.

(N0 Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

R. N. SGHERER.

WASHING MACHINE.

No. 584,553. Patented June 15,1897.

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Y upon a base or stand and providing interlock- ATENT OFFICE.

RUFUS N. SCIIERER, OF MARSHALL, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO F. B.CHURCHILL, OF LA HARPE, ILLINOIS.

WASHING-MACHINE.

SPEGIFIGATON forming part of Letters Patent No. 584,563, dated June 15,1897.

Application led June 26, 1896.

To all whom. it' may concern.:

Be it known that I, RUFUs N. SCHERER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Marshall, in the county of Saline and State of .Missouri,have invented a new and usefullV ashing-Machine, of which the followingis a specification.

This invention relates to body-working washing-machines operated by arocking or oscillating motion', the body being mounted upon rockers,whereby it can be easily oscillated to agitate the clothes in thewashing operation.

One ofthe objects of the invention is to relatively fix the position ofthe machine so as to prevent its wandering when in operation. Thisresult is attained by mounting the body ing means between the rockersand the base, said means consisting of a series of projections atintervals in the length of the rochers and correspondin g depressions inthe base to receive the said projections as the body is rocked oroscillated.

A further object of the improvement is the provision of means forholding the body tilted at one end, so as to admit of the clothes beingconveniently placed within the body7 or removed therefrom.

Other objects and advantages are sought to be attained and will appearas the nature of the invention is understood, and to this end referenceis to be had to the following description and the drawings heretoattached.

The improvement is susceptible of various changes in the form,proportion, and the minor details of construction without departing fromthe principle or sacrificing any of the advantages thereof, and to afull disclosure of the invention an adaptation thereof is shown in theaccompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a perspective view of amachine constructed in accordance with the principles of this inventionfor attaining the ends thereof. Fig. 2 is a side elevation showing thebody tipped to one end and held by a brace interposed Vbetween the saidbody and base. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section. Fig. 4E is a transversesection, parts being broken away, so as to show the splash-board infront elevation.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated Serial No. 597,018. (No model.)

in the several views of the accompanying drawings by the samereference-characters.

While the machine is especially designed for laundry purposes, it canwith equal facility be employed for churning butter, the grain andtexture of the latter being fine and the churning facilitated and thebutter com pacted and in better condition to be removed from the body.

, The body l is formed with end compartments 2 of approximatelycylindrical form and has a central portion 3, which is open for theintroduction and removal of the clothes and other articles placed withinthe body. This central portion 3 is closed by a cover ,which has anopening and which rests upon cleats applied to the inner side thereof.The bottom of the body is iiat, so as not to offer any resistance to thesloshing action of the water 4and yclothes when rocking or oscillatingthe body. By having the end compartments of approximately cylindricalform the water and clothes are more thoroughly agitated than if the saidcompartments were made rectangular or given any other form.

Each compartment 2 is divided by a splashboard 5, the latter incliningfrom the bottom in an upward and outward direction and providing achamber 6 at the lower end of the compartment. The splash-boards 5incline in opposite directions at an angle of about forty-five degreesand are secured at their ends to the side pieces of the body. Aspace 7is formed between the bottom and the lower edge of each splash-board,and the latter has a series of openings 8 near its upper edge, throughwhich the Water and air are forced when the machine is in operation.

Rockers 9 are secured to the body l by means of oppositely-incliningstrips 10, which converge at their upper ends and which assistmaterially in strengthening and bracing the sides of the body. Blocks 1lare secured to a side of the body near the lower edge thereof, and theouter ends of these blocks touch the inner sides of the strips 10, andtheir inner ends are spaced apart, and the upper ends of the strips lOare likewise spaced apart, and an operating-handle l2 is inserted intothe spaces thus formed between the parts l0 and 11 and is retained inplace by beveling the opposing portions of the said parts l0 IOO and 11and correspondingly beveling the edges of the operating-handle. Thelower end of the operating-handle tapers, thereby making provision fortightening the handle by forcing it into the spaces formed between theopposing ends of the parts 10 and 1l, the space between the blocks 11being less than the space between the upper ends of the strips 10. Thisconstruction admits of the operating-handle being quickly placed inposition and removed, as desired.

A base or stand 13is provided for the parts 9 to rock' upon, andconsists of a frame mounted upon feet 14, the frame comprisinglongitudinal bars 15 and end bars 16, the said bars being secured to oneanother and to the feet in any substantial and durable manner. Spaces 17are provided between blocks 18, secured to the inner sides of the bars15, and receive proj ectionsf19 of the rockers 9, whereby the saidrockers are retained in place upon the base or stand when the machine isin operation.

It willv be understood that the spaces 17 may be provided in anyconvenient way so long as they coperate with the projections 19 andattain the desired end. The projections 19 are short bars secured to theinner sides of the rockers 9 and which are disposed about onradiallines, the projecting parts extending beyond the lower edges ofthe rockers tapering so as to facilitate the entrance and withdrawal ofthe projections from the spaces 17. Transverse strips 2O connectcorresponding projections 19 at their upper ends and bear against thebottom of the body, thereby strengthening and supporting the latter.

A brace 21, having a slot 22, is secured to a side of one of the rockersand is held in place by a screw or headed fastening 23, which operatesin the slot 22. A block 24, secured to the same side of the rocker withthe brace 21, supports the latter in a horizontal position when notrequired for immediate use.

Vhen the body is tipped toward one end, as shown in Fig. 2, the brace 21is disengaged from the block 24, and one end is caused to engage with ablock 1l, and the lower end is engaged with a block 25, secured to a bar15 on the same side of the machine with the brace 21. In this positionof the body access can be conveniently had to the interior for anyrequired purpose. The block 25 is formed with a shoulder 26 to preventslipping of the lower end of the brace when the latter is adjusted tohold the body tilted. When the brace 21 is not in use, it is retained inan approXimately horizontal position by the headed fastening 23 and theblock 24, and its ends engage with the lower ends of the strips 10,whereby it is held against longitudinal movement.

By reason of the projections 19 engaging with the spaces 17 the bodywill be held upon the base at all times, and by having the projectionstapering they will be directed into the spaces as the body oscillates.When the machine is used for washin g clothes, the suds-water andclothes will move bodily from one end of the body to the other as thebody oscillates, and the air and suds-water passing through the openings8 of the splashboards will enter the chambers G and escape by way of thespaces 7 and pass thence through the clothing, thereby removing the dirtand foreign matter adhering thereto. For purposes of churning thesplash-boards are removed, thereby obviating destroying the ne grainwhich is essential to the production of good butter. r1`he flangeforming the central portion 3 provides for the attachment to the machineof a wringer after the clothes are Washed.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is 1. In awashing-machine, the combination of abase comprising longitudinal bars,blocks attached at intervals to the inner sides of the longitudinalbars, forming spaces which aline transversely, rockers about equal inlength to the longitudinal bars and mounted thereon,

short bars attached to the inner sides of the rockers and projectingbelow theirlower edges to cooperate with the aforesaid spaces, andhaving their upper ends' iiush with the top edges of the rockers,transverse strips connecting the rockers and the upper ends ofcorresponding short bars, and abody mounted upon the said transversestrips, substantially as shown and described.

2. In a washing-machine, the combination of a base, a shouldered block25 applied to a side thereof, rockers about equal in length to the baseand mounted thereon, interlocking projections between the rockers andbase, a body mounted upon the base, oppositelyinclined strips 10connecting the rockers and body and having their upper ends spacedapart, blocks 11 secured to a side of the body near its bottom andhaving their outer ends touching the inclined strips 10 and their innerends spaced apart, an operating-handle detachably fitted to the body byentering the spaces formed between the opposing ends of the aforesaidstrips and blocks, a block 24 secured to a rocker, a headed fastening 23applied to the rocker to one side of the block IOO IIO

